How We Kill And Injure Our Pet Birds
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How We Kill And Injure Our Pet Birds

For the many of you who don’t know, Catherine (my wife & partner) and I, spend almost 24/7 together. We always have something to say to one another, We talk about business a lot.

 

We brainstorm, plan, solve problems – you get it.

 

I’m not sure how this conversation got started, I remember we were in the car and I’m pretty sure Catherine said something like, “We spend so much time talking about how to care for our birds, the right bird foodproper size bird cage the right bird cage accessories and bird toys.

 

But we never talk about the other side.

 

The sadly ironic side of having a pet bird.

 

The single biggest reason our birds die is – we kill them.

 

Rather than expanding on each and every hazard, I’m going to list all that we came up with.

 

Let us know about your experiences so we can help other pet bird owners avoid potential catastrophes.

 

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Pet bird features

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  • Eyes that see invisible (to you & me) light
  • Beaks that can crack large nuts or hull tiny seeds
  • Use of flight to travel 3 dimensionally throughout your home
  • Can land then stand on any 3 square inch surface
  • Knows what time it is – precisely
  • Can detect the motion of the sun
  • Solves problems
  • (Some) can verbalize
  • Can pre-plan events into the future
  • Can do all of this for decades

makes caged bird keeping the most challenging of traditional pet husbandry.

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Our apartment is 60 feet long and 30 feet wide or more in places.
 
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And if someone was looking through the window it would appear as though I was happily talking to myself because I’m carrying on a conversation with 95g of white feathers who happens to be in the same room wherever I am.

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